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Military service
Service number:
J/27123
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 14, 1917
Armenia
Enlistment:
June 10, 1938
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 25, 1944
Lisburg, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8.
Additional information
Adopted son of the Reverend Cecil Caldbeck Owen, B.A., and Alice (nee Grundy)Owen, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Mary Winnifred, Margaret, Mrs. H. Finan and Beatrice Parker.
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Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 8 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Luder Keshishian Owen
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Memorial
Flying Officer Luder Keshishian Owen is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Luder Keshishian Owen is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LUDER KESHISHIAN OWEN
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FRUGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Fruges is a small town in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, located half way between Bethune and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. It is situated on the D928 road between St Omer and Hendin. The Cemetery is located by taking the road out of the town in the direction of St Omer. Turn right at the top of the hill onto the D104 towards Matrighem. The Cemetery is immediately on your right. The grave of the First World War casualty is located halfway between the entrance and the centre of the cemetery. The Second World War plots are situated at the extreme left hand front corner.
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